Initialism vs Reply - What's the difference?
initialism | reply |
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
(intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.
To act or gesture in response.
* 1988 , Emmanuel Doe Ziorklui, Ghana: Nkrumah to Rawlings
To repeat something back; to echo.
A written or spoken response; part of a conversation.
Something given in reply.
As nouns the difference between initialism and reply
is that initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter while reply is a written or spoken response; part of a conversation.As a verb reply is
(intransitive) to give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.initialism
English
Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.
See also
* abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *reply
English
Verb
(en-verb)- Please reply to my letter.
- "Sorry I'm late," replied the student.
- He replied that he was not sure.
- Joanne replied to Pete's insult with a slap to his face.
- It is a sound to be dreaded until you ascertain that it is being made by friendly forces; even then, your welcome to it must be tempered with some caution, because gunfire usually leads to replying gunfire